Improvement in beer-faucets



P. LYONS.

BEER-FAUCET.

NO. 18%,760; Patented April 17, 1877.

INVENTOR O99 ATTORNEYS sets against said packing a and partly withinUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIS RIGHT TO ADONIRAM J.

BENNER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEER-FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [89,760, dated April17, 1877; application filed January 27, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PATRICK LYONS, of Hartford, in the county of Hartfordand State of Connecticut, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Beer-Faucets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full.clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of mybeer-faucet, part sectional, and Fig. 2 is a transverse verticalsectional view thereof.

This invention relates to faucets for drawing beer and other liquids;and it consists in the combination of a swiveling nozzle and clamp withthe faucet-tube, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates a faucet-tube, having smallperforations a at its point or penetrating end, and a reduced butt, AThe inside of said tube has the usual beerway or longitudinal passage aa valve chamber, a and an enlarged chamher, a in butt A. In one of thesides of said chamber a is an outlet-orifice, a, and a surroundingexternal recess, in which sets an annular packing, a B designates acurved nozzle or discharge-tube, which is provided at its inner end withan annular flange, b, that the recess containing said packing. Saidnozzle B is held in place by a clamp, C, perforated at c, as shown inFig. 2, and provided with a clam ping-screw, C that works through ascrew-tapped detachable bearing, 0 fixed in an enlargement of saidclamp, and bears against butt B on the side opposite to said nozzle.Aiter loosening said screw and clamp the said nozzle may be pivotallyadjusted to any position desired, and it is then clamped therein bytightening said screw. Said clamping-screw C also serves to take upwear. By means of the above devices the said nozzle may be inclinedforward or backward, so that the outflowing stream of liquid may bedirected into several vessels successively without any of them beingremoved or the flow checked. It will be found useful, also, in othercases where a change of the direction of the discharge is desired.

On the top of tube A is formed a vertical valve-casing, A inclosing anupward extension of valve-chamber a At the bottom of said chamber isformed an annular valve-seat, a adapted to receive packing d on thelower end of a vertically-moving plug or valve, D, which closes (when inits lowest position) a vertical passage or aperture connecting saidvalve-chamber a with said longitudinal passage or beerway a. The upperpart of said plug or valve is provided with internal screwthreads, whichengage with the screw-threads c on a spigotshank, E. Above said plug 1),and around said spigot-shank, sets a metal collar, F, which has aconcave recess on its upper side, into which the central part of apacking, f, is forced by a small convex enlargement, F, on shank E. Nextabove this packing is a metal washer, G, against which bears the flatunder side of an enlargement, H,of said shank, said enlargement beingconvex on the upper side. Said shank is secured to the faucet by meansof a shell or large nut, I. The lower part is internallyscrew-threaded,.so as to engage with screw-threads on the outside ofvalve-casing A, while its upper part is concave on the inside, to fitconvex enlargement F, and vertically perforated, to allow the passage ofshank E. The attachments and conformations above described prevent saidshank from either ascending or descending in the faucet, so that theturning of said shank causes plug or valve D to ascend or descend atwill, thereby closing or opening the passage through the faucet. Allleakage is prevented, and the different parts are firmly retained intheir proper places.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Adjustable nozzle B, having flange b, in combination with clamp C,clamping-screw C and faucet-tube A, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

A. J. BENNER, B. R. ALLEN.

